The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling in Knight v. Thompson upheld grooming policies that deny inmates basic human dignity by subjecting them to cruel and unjust practices that violate their deeply held religious beliefs. ICAAD and the Institute for Public...
SUMMARY This Shadow Report is an initial submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee and is not covered in the list of issues or NGO list of issues reports. The violations detailed in this Report have not been thoroughly briefed before the Human Rights...
This article outlines a methodology for addressing issues of structural discrimination in the context of hate crimes. Part I of this article explores how a systems approach can be used to identify issues of structural discrimination that perpetuate the U.S....
Report Reveals System Failures in U.S. Documentation of Hate Crimes Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 16, 2013: The International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination (ICAAD) submitted a Shadow Report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on Sept. 13, 2013, for...
Input for the U.N. Secretary General’s Forthcoming Report on General Assembly Resolution 67/178: “Combating Intolerance, Negative Stereotyping, Stigmatization, Discrimination, Incitement to Violence and Violence against Persons, based on Religion or Belief” –...
Supreme Court of the United States Dennis Hollingsworth, et. al., v. Kristin M. Perry, et al., BRIEF OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES AS IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENTS Summary of Argument: This Court has an opportunity to either solidify or reverse an established...
